Combination settee and play-table.



Patented May I5, |900. A. SCHMACKERS. COMBINATION SETTEE AND PLAY TABLE.

(No Model.)

(Application led Feb. 3, 1900.)

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UNrTnD STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANTON SCHMACKERS, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO I-IIMSELF AND RICHARD P.BURKIIARDT, OF SAME PLACE.

COMBINATION SETTEE AND PLAYTABLE.

SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 649,553, dated May.15, 1900.

Application filed February 3, 1900. Serlal No. 3,834. (No model.) I

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANTON SoHMAcKnRs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combination Settee andPlay-Table; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the igures of referencemarkedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention comprises a childs combination settee and play-tablewhich possesses the novel structural features hereinafter specied.

Preceding a detailed description of the invention reference is made tothe accompanying drawings, of which- Figure l is a front elevation. Fig.2 is an end elevation. Fig. 3 is an end elevation. Fig. 4 is an endelevation showing the settee converted into a play-table.

The back l, which forms the back proper of the settee, has two endflanges 2 2, which are pivoted at 3 to the end rails 4 of the settee,the said anges being on the inside of said rails. On the outer upperportions of said flanges there are stops or lugs 5 5, which come incontact with the rear ends 6 6 of the end rails of the settee and limitthe rearward movement of said back to the position shown in Fig. 2.

Hinged to the upper edge of the back of the settee is a folding board 7,the inner side of which is provided with a smooth black surface andserves as a blackboard when elevated to the position in dotted lines asshown in Figs. l and 2. When so elevated, the blackboard is maintainedin position by a brace or bar 8, which is pivoted to one of the endanges 2 and hooks onto a pin in an end of said blackboard. When loweredagainst the inner side of the settee-back 2, the blackboard is securedin position by a catch 9. The brace or bar 8 is then turned down uponits pivot out of the way.

When the device is used as a desk, both the back 2 and blackboard 7 aremoved in a horizontal position, as shown in Fig. 3, and thesupporting-rod l0, which has its ends 1l 1l pivoted to the ends of thesettee, is elevated to engage with the lower side of the blackboard, andthus said blackboard is supported as shown in Fig. 3. The outer side ofthe back 2 is provided with a bead la around its four edges and may beconverted into a playtable. When this is done, as shown in Fig. 4, theblackboard is lowered to a perpendicular position by removing thesupporting-bar l0 to its lower position. The seat l2 is hinged and formsthe cover of a receptacle 13 below the seat and into whichbooks,playthings, or other articles may be placed. The seat in Fig. 2,as shown in dotted lines, is opened or raised.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that the articlecomprises an ordinary childs settee, a school-desk, blackboard, andplay-table. The article may be made in a variety of designs orornamentations without limiting the convertible features thereof.

Having described my invention, what I claim is I A childs combinationsettee having a back hinged to the end rails of the settee; said backhaving stops or lugs 5 5 which limit the rearward movement thereof; ablackboard hinged to the upper edge of said back, and means for bracingsaid blackboard in an upright position, means for securing saidblackboard in a lower position against the back of the settee, and apivotal bar adapted to support the blackboard and back of the settee ina horizontal position to form a desk; the said supporting-rod being alsoadapted to be lowered to permit the blackboard to assume a perpendicularposition in which case the back of the settee may be converted into aplay-table, substantially as herein shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ANTON SOHMAOKERS.

IVitnesses:

R. P. BURKHARDT, Jr., JOHN W. KALBFUS.

